The Ashes thread! (spoilers)

I suppose lbw not playing a shot is marginally better than bowled not playing a shot

C’mon!

Five-fer for Stokes!

I’m liking the way that this has been a team effort in this series so far. Different guys stepping up in each innings.

Magical stuff 8)

EDIT: Who forgot to credit the key for the leccy?

Has anyone seen the fat lady yet? As I’ve been away in sunny Darwin all week, MrsZ has little time for me making her watch this, despite the score 🙁

One to go

Throat being cleared

SPLAT!!!!

Wood and Stokes, future of english bowling.
Ponting fulsome in his praise

“Throw another wimp on the barbie”

Nice touch from Cook to grab the stumps and give them to key players. Classy!

That will do pig, that will do.

Ripper 🙂

Australian downfall and capitulation due to too many ego’s and too many moobs.

England team in comparison look lean, fit and a team.

No need to write or pontificate anymore, apart from WE WON! 8)

Cameras in the changing rooms and Ian ward has just been drenched in champers by Jimmy. Good to see the dressing room celebrations

Clarke’s quit (after the Oval test).

Clarke retiring (beaten to it)

Fair play Pup. I’ve never been a fan, his attitude at times has been too egotistical and he isn’t a great team man, but as a player he’s been one of the best and it’s sad to see good players in decline.

Hope you get a few at the Oval. Only a few though……

It’s Kim Hughes all over again 😀

Bloody hell Cook’s blubbing now

Whoop!

I knew Peiterson would be missed!

Bloody hell Cook’s blubbing now

Poor sod. As much as I hated him for his attitude in the last two series, losing his best mate Phil Hughes to that freak bouncer at the SCG has very much changed him as a man. That and the obvious pain from his chronic back injury was only ever going to result in one conclusion after this series.

EDIT. Yeah, maybe I’ve had too many celebratory beers already 😳

Thought you wrote Clarke!

I knew Peiterson would be missed!

+500

A lot of respect for Clark after the summer down here, however this seems like a series too far and that goes for a few. With the need to replace Rogers and voges it could be an interesting time for the team.

Well done to England though coming back from Lords and putting in some dominant almost Australian performances, need to work on finishing them off a bit more.

Guess how Watson got out in the tour match today 😆

Shame there were no reviews!!

Morning, everybodeeeeeee

oh look, its an exceptional green pitch, we’ve won the toss and having a little bowl

LOL

northants had them 170ish for 8 earlier in the week, the last 3 put on about 150 to save there blushes. So top order confidence is not great 🙂

Best nip to the loo and get a brew made in preparation for not leaving my desk for the whole first session.

I wonder how many runs England will have scored by tea… 😀

should have batted

What sweet madness is this? It’s almost like a test match!

So, Clarke gone, and Aussie commentating worse than ever:

“Oh, he was DRSed out there, that was the tiniest of ‘frequencies’, I didn’t hear anything”

No, he was given out by the on-field umpire with a very audible snick, and he refused to walk 😆

Time to put TMS on and have just pictures on the telly.

No TMS in Oz due to ‘rights’, and I’m travelling with a work laptop so not that advisable to change their security and network settings to make it look like it’s in the UK.

you know, this one could run into a fourth day 😯

Zokes, there’s a TMS channel on YouTube published daily.

Who TF wins the toss and bowls in a Test Match? And at the Oval of all places?

Cook’s got to go, surely!

😉

Zokes, there’s a TMS channel on YouTube published daily.

And unless I’m not finding the right one, sadly oz is one of the countries where it won’t work.